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Rational question unlike most of the ones posted Jan 1, 2010 Hello, I have a cold, I was exposed to hiv on October 31st when a condom I was wearing to top a positive male tore. Since then I have had PEP and a 6 and a half week negative test. I am now at week 9 or 10. In any event if I am now positive will the cold kill me this early in infection? Should I take another antibody test now or wait till mid month? |
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| Response from Dr. Frascino
 Hello, So your "rational question unlike most of the ones posted" is: Will a common cold kill you because you might be HIV infected, despite completing a course of nPEP and testing HIV negative at 6.5 weeks? Hmm. Dude, when last I looked, "rational" had several definitions, including: 1. Having or exercising the ability to reason. 2. Being of sound mind; sane. 3. Being logical. It seems to me that you and your question fail miserably on all three fronts. Nonetheless, the answer to your weird worry and anything-but-rational query is that even in the very unlikely scenario that you are HIV infected, a cold will not kill you. As for testing, continue to follow the post-nPEP testing guidelines (get an HIV-antibody test at three and six months). Dr. Bob | ||||||||
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